Art and Illustration

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The Complete Works of RaphaelNY: Reynal & Company / William Morrow 1969 Large Format Hard Cover Fine Very Good + A GARGANTUAN book, nearly 15" x 12" and 2.5" thick, and heavy as a crate of sledgehammers. Profusely illustrated with color plates and sharp black-and-white photographs. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket, and uncommon thus, as the jackets for these books tend to suffer heavy edgewear. Jacket protected in archival mylar.
Price:
59.95 USD

Baum, L. Frank, & Robert Sabuda (illustrator)The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Limited EditionNY: Books of Wonder / Little Simon (Simon & Schuster) 2000 0-689-84014-4 / 9780689840142 Limited Edition Cloth As New As New Slipcase Signed by Author and IllustratorFirst edition. LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, clothbound in cloth slipcase. NUMBERED 108 of only 200 copies and SIGNED by acclaimed pop-up engineer Robert Sabuda; includes an EXTRA POP-UP not featured in the trade edition. By far the star publication of the Centennial of Baum's immortal American fantasy, Sabuda's magnificent pop-ups turned this book into an instant bestseller; its phenomenal popularity and exceptionally small limitation have made this special edition extremely rare. As New condition, includes publisher's original cardboard carton with hand-numbered limitation label.
Price:
1100.00 USD

Bradbury, Ray; Sessa, AldoThe Ghosts of ForeverNew York: Rizzoli 1981 0847803589 / 9780847803583 First Edition Large Format Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good+ First printing. Massive fine art book with text by Bradbury and graphics by Sessa. Phobos print present and in perfect condition. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good Plus dust jacket.
Price:
47.50 USD

Brinkley, AlanEyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United StatesNY: Alfred A. Knopf 1997 1593730357 / 9781593730352 Hard Cover As New As New First edition. Spectacular narrative-in-pictures drawn from the millions of maps, prints, photographs, posters, manuscripts, motion pictures, and other treasures in the Special Collections of the Library of Congress, with text by distinguished historian Brinkley. Gorgeously illustrated in color and b/w. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Original price was $75.
Price:
35.00 USD

Burk, BruceGame Bird Carving (New Revised Edition)Tulsa, OK: Winchester Press 1982 0876913591 / 9780876913598 First Edition Thus Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine Signed by AuthorFirst printing of this revised edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author: "To.... Best of luck with your bird carving! Bruce Burk, 1-22-83". Updated and greatly enlarged to include more thorough explanations of the individual feathering techniques and other new methods, instructions for additional advanced projects, more material on mounting bases, revised data on bird structural dimensions, and more than 300 new photographs and drawings. Includes a promotional letter and two three-panel glossy flyers promoting Burk's waterfowl study books. A Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket with just minor overall rubbing.
Price:
35.00 USD

Crumb, Robert (R.)Le Monde Selon Crumb / The World According to CrumbAngouleme, France: Centre National De La Bande Dessinee et De L'image (C.N.B.D.I.) 1992 2907848038 / 9782907848039 Pictorial Wraps As New As New First Edition. 10" x 7" Softcover, white wraps printed in black (the French cover), in full color dust jacket (English cover). Illustrated in b/w. 64 pages. Published in conjunction with the 1992 European museum exhibition. Text includes a biography, interview, and bibliography, in both English and French. Very Fine (as new), in like dust jacket. Scarce.
Price:
75.00 USD

Detmold, E. J. (Illustrator); Mrs. Rodolph Stawell (adaptation of text)Fabre's Book of InsectsNY: Tudor Publishing Company 1937 First Edition Decorative Cloth Fine Very Near Fine Seventh printing of this popular issue (the first was in 1935). IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET AND PUBLISHER'S BOX. Large format hardcover. 12 magnificent tipped-in color plates by Detmold, each with its own captioned tissue guard. A Very Fine copy in a Very Near Fine dust jacket (2 small closed tears to the edges of the front panel) in a Very Good or better box with pictorial cover label (light corner wear and overall rubbing, but edges are very firm). Book is tight, jacket bright, and box is extemely solid; uncommon thus.
Price:
120.00 USD

Disney, WaltMickey Mouse and the Sacred JewelRacine, WI: Whitman Publishing 1936 First edition. A Big Little Book. 426 pp., with a full page illustration on every other page. A very good copy with minor corner and edge wear; strong hinges and untoned pages. Very nice.
Price:
140.00 USD

Disney, WaltMickey Mouse The Mail PilotRacine, WI: Whitman Publishing 1933 First edition. Cover states "The Big Little Book," but has slightly different dimensions and binding than the typical BLB. This book was a premium of The American Oil Company, makers of Amoco Gas, with a color rear cover and inside front cover advertisements. A superb copy, with very little rubbing and untoned pages. Great Mickey Mouse color cover and 286 pages with a full page illustration every other page. An early and very unusual item for the Disney and Big Little Book collector.
Price:
175.00 USD

Eisler, BenitaO'Keeffe & Stieglitz: An American RomanceNY: Doubleday 1991 0-385-26122-5 / 9780385261227 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine First printing. A remarkable portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, based on five years of exhaustive research and access to newly discovered documents. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Price:
15.00 USD

Freleng, Friz; Weber, DavidAnimation : The Art of Friz FrelengNewport Beach, CA: Donovan Publishing Company, Incorporated 1993 1880538067 / 9781880538067 First Edition Half-Leather As New As New Slipcase Large-format leatherbound covers and slipcase with color illustration and gold-foil stamping. SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION. Copy #1636. Story has it that Freleng died before signing the complete run of this limited edition; the publisher's original price was $1400 each! Includes a full color book with more than 180 photographs, sketches, cels, posters, storyboards and more, a video biography and interview, an audio cassette with words and music, a bound-in autographed limitation page with hologram, and three limited edition sericels. This set is in the original factory container, and includes the mailing box with matching number. A scarce and massive set in perfect, ABSOLUTELY AS NEW condition, opened only to verify the presence of the signature and sericels.
Price:
1000.00 USD